Saturday, 25 October 2014

SA National Weather and Disaster Observations: 25 October 2014 04h00 SAST - MSBWX

SAWS SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS: 

WARNINGS: Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the West Coast District and Cape Metropole of the Western Cape.  

WATCHES: Severe thunderstorms with possible hail, damaging winds and heavy rain is expected over the eastern parts of the Northwest Province, south-western Limpopo, Gauteng, northeastern part of the Free State as well as on the Mpumalanga highveld and escarpment 

SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES: -------Nil  

MSBWX National Severe Weather Observations: None

MSBWX General Weather Observations: Cool, warm to hot conditions expected today over parts of SA.   Isolated  thunderstorms can be expected in parts of the Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Free State, Northern Cape, Kwazulu Natal and Eastern Cape.  Light showers can be expected in parts of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape while drizzle is expected this morning over the escarpment of Mpumalanga and Limpopo.

214 Fires detected over the past 24 hours in South Africa. Please contact your nearest fire fighting unit, Working on Fire or Local Fire Fighting Service when fires are observed. The earlier a fire is detected to better the chances of extinguishing the fire.

MSBWX National Disaster Observations: -------None

NSRI National Warnings: ------------None


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